1977-05-07

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	1	Middlesbrough	Highbury	23,911
Stapleton	Lineups		Souness
Aston Villa	2	1	Leeds United	Villa Park	38,205
Deehan, Cropley	Lineups		McNiven
Bristol City	1	1	Manchester United	Ashton Gate	28,864
Garland	Lineups		Greenhoff J
Everton	1	1	Coventry City	Goodison Park	24,569
Rioch	Lineups		Hutchison
Ipswich Town	2	0	Newcastle United	Portman Road	24,760
Osborne, Wark	Lineups
Leicester City	0	5	West Bromwich Albion	Filbert Street	18,139
	Lineups		Martin 2, Cross, Cunningham, Brown T
Manchester City	5	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Maine Road	37,919
Booth, Barnes, Kidd, Tueart, Hartford	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Liverpool	Loftus Road	29,382	Largest home game 1976-77
Givens	Lineups		Case
Stoke City	0	0	Norwich City	Victoria Ground	13,202
	Lineups
Sunderland	1	0	Birmingham City	Roker Park	34,193
Holden	Lineups
West Ham United	2	2	Derby County	Upton Park	32,079	Largest home game 1976-77
Jennings, Pike	Lineups		James, McGiven OG

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Liverpool	39	18	2	0	47	11	5	7	7	14	20	30	55	D	W	W	W	D	1977-05-10	Coventry City	A
2	0	Manchester City	40	15	4	1	37	12	5	9	6	21	21	25	53	W	D	L	W	W	1977-05-10	Everton	H
3	0	Ipswich Town	40	15	4	2	41	11	7	3	9	25	27	28	51	W	L	L	L	W	1977-05-14	Derby County	A
4	0	Newcastle United	40	13	6	1	37	13	4	7	9	24	32	16	47	L	L	L	W	W	1977-05-14	Aston Villa	H
5	0	Aston Villa	37	15	2	1	49	16	5	4	10	18	28	23	46	W	D	L	L	W	1977-05-10	Birmingham City	A
6	0	Manchester United	39	11	6	3	38	20	6	4	9	25	33	10	44	D	L	W	L	L	1977-05-11	Stoke City	A
7	0	Arsenal	41	11	6	4	37	20	5	5	10	25	36	6	43	D	D	W	W	W	1977-05-14	Manchester United	A
8	1	West Bromwich Albion	39	9	6	5	35	21	6	6	7	23	29	8	42	W	L	D	L	L	1977-05-14	Stoke City	H
9	-1	Leicester City	40	8	9	3	30	27	4	9	7	17	30	-10	42	L	W	D	D	D	1977-05-14	Tottenham Hotspur	A
10	0	Leeds United	39	8	8	4	28	25	6	4	9	19	24	-2	40	L	D	W	D	W	1977-05-10	Bristol City	A
11	0	Middlesbrough	41	11	5	4	25	14	3	7	11	15	31	-5	40	D	D	W	W	L	1977-05-14	Bristol City	H
12	0	Norwich City	41	12	3	5	28	21	2	5	14	17	41	-17	36	D	W	L	L	W	1977-05-14	Sunderland	H
13	1	Everton	37	7	6	5	30	23	5	5	9	25	38	-6	35	D	D	L	W	W	1977-05-10	Manchester City	A
14	-1	Birmingham City	39	9	5	5	35	23	3	5	12	23	34	1	34	L	D	L	W	L	1977-05-10	Aston Villa	H
15	0	Derby County	40	8	8	3	34	18	0	10	11	14	37	-7	34	D	D	W	L	D	1977-05-11	Queens Park Rangers	H
16	4	Sunderland	40	9	5	7	29	16	2	6	11	15	34	-6	33	W	W	D	D	W	1977-05-14	Norwich City	A
17	-1	Coventry City	39	7	7	4	32	23	3	6	12	14	33	-10	33	D	L	W	W	L	1977-05-10	Liverpool	H
18	-1	Stoke City	39	9	7	4	18	13	1	6	12	6	31	-20	33	D	L	D	D	L	1977-05-11	Manchester United	H
19	-1	West Ham United	40	8	6	6	24	21	2	7	11	18	42	-21	33	D	W	D	D	D	1977-05-14	Liverpool	A
20	-1	Queens Park Rangers	37	9	6	4	28	19	2	4	12	14	28	-5	32	D	L	L	L	W	1977-05-11	Derby County	A
21	0	Tottenham Hotspur	41	8	7	5	24	20	3	2	16	22	52	-26	31	L	W	D	L	D	1977-05-14	Leicester City	H
22	0	Bristol City	38	6	7	6	22	18	3	4	12	11	27	-12	29	D	L	W	D	L	1977-05-10	Leeds United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burnley	3	1	Notts County	Turf Moor	11,699
Morley 2, Fletcher	Lineups		Scanlon
Carlisle United	2	3	Bristol Rovers	Brunton Park	7,396
Lathan, Taylor OG	Lineups		Staniforth, Hamilton, Powell
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Oldham Athletic	The Valley	7,656
Warman, Curtis (p)	Lineups		Halom (p)
Fulham	6	1	Orient	Craven Cottage	11,822
Mitchell 4, Maybank 2	Lineups		Grealish
Hereford United	1	1	Blackpool	Edgar Street	5,312
McNeil	Lineups		Finnigan
Hull City	1	2	Cardiff City	Boothferry Park	3,511
Daniel	Lineups		Buchanan 2 (1p)
Luton Town	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Kenilworth Road	11,164
Geddis	Lineups		Reid
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Millwall	City Ground	23,529
Moore OG	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	Bramall Lane	12,227
Edwards	Lineups
Southampton	2	0	Blackburn Rovers	The Dell	16,138
Channon, Peach (p)	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Chelsea	Molineux	34,205	Largest home game 1976-77
Richards	Lineups		Langley
Footnotes
Hereford United relegated
Plymouth Argyle relegated
Chelsea promoted

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	15	3	3	48	21	6	10	4	35	24	38	55	D	L	D	W	W	1977-05-14	Bolton Wanderers	A
2	0	Chelsea	41	14	6	0	47	22	6	7	8	22	31	16	53	D	W	L	D	W	1977-05-14	Hull City	H
3	0	Nottingham Forest	42	14	3	4	53	22	7	7	7	24	21	34	52	W	W	D	W	L	End of Season
4	1	Bolton Wanderers	39	14	2	3	44	19	5	8	7	27	31	21	48	D	W	D	W	D	1977-05-10	Cardiff City	H
5	-1	Notts County	41	11	5	4	29	19	8	5	8	36	40	6	48	L	W	L	D	D	1977-05-14	Charlton Athletic	H
6	0	Blackpool	40	10	7	3	28	17	5	10	5	28	25	14	47	D	W	D	D	W	1977-05-10	Orient	A
7	0	Luton Town	41	13	5	3	39	17	7	1	12	26	30	18	46	D	L	W	L	L	1977-05-14	Oldham Athletic	A
8	0	Charlton Athletic	41	14	5	2	52	27	1	11	8	18	31	12	46	W	D	W	D	D	1977-05-14	Notts County	A
9	0	Southampton	40	12	6	3	40	24	5	4	10	32	40	8	44	W	W	L	W	W	1977-05-11	Hereford United	A
10	0	Millwall	41	8	6	6	29	22	6	7	8	26	31	2	41	L	D	W	L	D	1977-05-14	Burnley	H
11	0	Sheffield United	41	9	8	4	32	25	5	4	11	21	35	-7	40	W	D	L	W	L	1977-05-14	Bristol Rovers	A
12	0	Oldham Athletic	41	11	6	3	36	21	3	4	14	15	41	-11	38	L	W	L	L	D	1977-05-14	Luton Town	H
13	0	Blackburn Rovers	41	11	4	5	30	18	3	5	13	11	36	-13	37	L	D	L	W	L	1977-05-14	Fulham	H
14	0	Hull City	40	9	8	4	31	17	1	8	10	13	31	-4	36	L	L	L	D	W	1977-05-14	Chelsea	A
15	0	Burnley	41	8	9	4	27	20	3	5	12	19	42	-16	36	W	W	L	W	D	1977-05-14	Millwall	A
16	0	Fulham	41	9	7	5	39	25	2	6	12	15	35	-6	35	W	L	D	D	W	1977-05-14	Blackburn Rovers	A
17	3	Bristol Rovers	40	7	8	4	27	24	4	4	13	21	41	-17	34	W	D	W	D	D	1977-05-14	Sheffield United	H
18	3	Cardiff City	40	7	5	8	29	29	5	4	11	25	35	-10	33	W	L	L	W	W	1977-05-10	Bolton Wanderers	A
19	-2	Carlisle United	41	7	7	7	31	33	4	4	12	17	41	-26	33	L	D	D	W	W	1977-05-14	Cardiff City	A
20	-2	Orient	39	4	6	8	16	20	5	8	8	19	32	-17	32	L	D	L	L	D	1977-05-10	Blackpool	H
21	-2	Plymouth Argyle	42	5	9	7	27	25	3	7	11	19	40	-19	32	L	L	D	L	L	End of Season
22	0	Hereford United	40	5	9	6	26	30	2	5	13	28	47	-23	28	D	D	L	W	W	1977-05-11	Southampton	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bury	3	1	Chesterfield	Gigg Lane	3,482
McIlwraith, Rowland, Thomson	Lineups		Cottam
Chester	1	1	Port Vale	Sealand Road	2,878
Delgado	Lineups		Beamish
Crystal Palace	4	1	Lincoln City	Selhurst Park	18,370
Hinshelwood P 2 (2p), Bourne, Perrin	Lineups		Harding
Grimsby Town	2	0	Swindon Town	Blundell Park	3,027
Lewis, Liddell	Lineups
Mansfield Town	3	0	Northampton Town	Field Mill	11,314
Bird, McEwan, Moss	Lineups
Oxford United	2	2	Wrexham	Manor Ground	5,266
Foley, Dwyer OG	Lineups		Shinton, Ashcroft
Peterborough United	3	5	Walsall	London Road	3,933
Gregory, Doyle, Nixon	Lineups		Andrews 2, Birch 3
Preston North End	0	0	Portsmouth	Deepdale	5,352
	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	0	Gillingham	Millmoor	3,004
Phillips	Lineups
York City	1	1	Reading	Bootham Crescent	1,872
Holmes	Lineups		Murray

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Mansfield Town	45	17	6	0	52	13	10	2	10	25	29	35	62	W	W	W	D	W	1977-05-14	Wrexham	A
2	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	44	19	3	1	63	14	6	7	8	18	23	44	60	W	D	W	D	L	1977-05-10	Swindon Town	A
3	0	Wrexham	44	15	6	0	45	17	9	4	10	33	32	29	58	D	L	D	W	W	1977-05-11	Crystal Palace	H
4	0	Crystal Palace	45	17	5	1	46	15	5	8	9	18	23	26	57	W	W	W	L	W	1977-05-11	Wrexham	A
5	0	Rotherham United	44	11	9	3	30	15	9	6	6	32	28	19	55	W	L	W	D	L	1977-05-11	Reading	A
6	3	Bury	45	15	2	6	41	21	8	5	9	20	35	5	53	W	L	L	W	W	1977-05-14	Walsall	A
7	-1	Preston North End	45	15	4	4	48	21	5	8	9	14	21	20	52	D	W	L	W	W	1977-05-14	Shrewsbury Town	A
8	0	Sheffield Wednesday	45	14	4	4	37	18	7	5	11	26	37	8	51	L	L	W	L	W	1977-05-14	Oxford United	H
9	-2	Lincoln City	45	12	8	2	49	29	7	5	11	27	40	7	51	L	L	W	W	D	1977-05-11	Peterborough United	H
10	0	Shrewsbury Town	45	13	7	2	39	19	5	4	14	25	38	7	47	W	W	L	W	D	1977-05-14	Preston North End	H
11	1	Chester	45	14	3	6	28	20	4	5	13	19	36	-9	44	D	W	D	L	L	1977-05-14	Swindon Town	A
12	-1	Tranmere Rovers	45	10	7	6	31	23	3	10	9	20	27	1	43	W	W	D	D	W	1977-05-14	Gillingham	A
13	0	Gillingham	45	10	8	4	28	21	5	4	14	24	43	-12	42	L	W	W	L	D	1977-05-14	Tranmere Rovers	H
14	3	Walsall	45	8	6	8	36	29	5	8	10	18	33	-8	40	W	D	L	D	L	1977-05-14	Bury	H
15	-1	Peterborough United	45	11	4	8	33	28	2	10	10	21	36	-10	40	L	D	L	L	L	1977-05-11	Lincoln City	A
16	0	Oxford United	45	9	8	6	34	29	3	7	12	21	34	-8	39	D	L	L	W	W	1977-05-14	Sheffield Wednesday	A
17	-2	Swindon Town	43	9	6	5	40	28	3	9	11	20	42	-10	39	L	L	L	D	L	1977-05-10	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
18	1	Port Vale	45	9	7	6	28	24	2	9	12	18	43	-21	38	D	D	W	W	L	1977-05-14	Rotherham United	H
19	-1	Chesterfield	45	10	5	7	29	19	4	4	15	26	44	-8	37	L	W	L	W	D	1977-05-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
20	0	Northampton Town	46	9	4	10	33	29	4	4	15	27	46	-15	34	L	L	D	L	D	End of Season
21	0	Portsmouth	44	7	9	6	25	25	3	5	14	22	40	-18	34	D	L	L	L	L	1977-05-14	York City	H
22	1	Grimsby Town	45	10	6	7	29	22	2	3	17	16	45	-22	33	W	D	W	W	D	1977-05-14	Reading	A
23	-1	Reading	44	9	5	7	27	21	3	4	16	20	49	-23	33	D	W	D	L	W	1977-05-11	Rotherham United	H
24	0	York City	45	7	8	8	25	34	3	4	15	24	52	-37	32	D	L	L	D	W	1977-05-14	Portsmouth	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	2	0	Workington	Recreation Ground	2,318
Bell, McGregor	Lineups
Barnsley	2	0	Rochdale	Oakwell	2,531
Joicey, Warnock	Lineups
Bradford City	1	1	AFC Bournemouth	Valley Parade	7,228
Cooke	Lineups		Howarth
Brentford	4	2	Scunthorpe United	Griffin Park	5,300
Sweetzer 2, Phillips, Kruse	Lineups		Kilmore, Lumby
Darlington	2	0	Colchester United	Feethams Ground	1,964
Rowles 2	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	0	3	Exeter City	Belle Vue	3,447
	Lineups		Beer 2, Kellow
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Southend United	Leeds Road	2,275
Howey	Lineups		Parker D
Newport County	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Somerton Park	2,484
Bevan OG, Woods	Lineups		Davies W
Southport	1	2	Hartlepool	Haig Avenue	880
Jones	Lineups		Turnbull, Bielby
Swansea City	1	4	Watford	Vetch Field	11,084	Largest home game 1976-77
Charles	Lineups		Mercer, Mayes 2, Jenkins
Torquay United	3	2	Halifax Town	Plainmoor	2,476
Dunne, Vassallo, Morrall	Lineups		Trainer, Bullock
Footnotes
Bradford City promoted
Exeter City promoted

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Cambridge United	44	16	5	1	55	15	9	8	5	27	21	46	63	D	W	W	L	W	1977-05-14	Swansea City	H
2	1	Exeter City	45	16	5	1	37	13	8	7	8	30	33	21	60	W	W	W	W	W	1977-05-14	Aldershot	H
3	-1	Bradford City	45	16	7	0	51	18	7	6	9	26	31	28	59	D	W	D	W	D	1977-05-14	Colchester United	A
4	0	Colchester United	45	18	2	2	49	13	6	7	10	26	29	33	57	L	W	W	D	W	1977-05-14	Bradford City	H
5	0	Swansea City	45	18	3	2	60	30	6	5	11	29	36	23	56	L	W	W	W	W	1977-05-14	Cambridge United	A
6	0	Barnsley	45	16	5	2	45	18	6	4	12	15	21	21	53	W	L	L	W	L	1977-05-14	Hartlepool United	A
7	0	Doncaster Rovers	45	16	2	5	47	25	5	7	10	23	37	8	51	L	L	W	W	W	1977-05-14	AFC Bournemouth	A
8	0	Watford	45	15	6	1	45	12	3	8	12	21	37	17	50	W	L	D	L	W	1977-05-14	Darlington	H
9	0	Southend United	44	11	9	2	35	16	4	10	8	17	23	13	49	D	D	W	L	D	1977-05-10	Newport County	A
10	0	Huddersfield Town	45	15	5	3	36	15	4	6	12	24	34	11	49	D	D	D	L	L	1977-05-14	Crewe Alexandra	A
11	1	Darlington	45	13	5	5	37	25	5	7	10	21	38	-5	48	W	D	L	W	L	1977-05-14	Watford	A
12	-1	Crewe Alexandra	45	16	5	1	36	15	3	5	15	11	45	-13	48	L	D	L	L	W	1977-05-14	Huddersfield Town	H
13	0	AFC Bournemouth	45	12	8	2	36	12	2	10	11	15	31	8	46	D	D	W	D	W	1977-05-14	Doncaster Rovers	H
14	0	Stockport County	45	10	10	3	29	19	3	8	11	22	36	-4	44	D	D	L	D	D	1977-05-14	Scunthorpe United	A
15	0	Aldershot	44	10	8	4	28	16	6	3	13	20	37	-5	43	W	D	W	D	L	1977-05-14	Exeter City	A
16	0	Brentford	45	14	3	6	48	27	3	4	15	26	47	0	41	W	D	L	W	D	1977-05-14	Rochdale	A
17	0	Torquay United	45	12	5	6	33	22	4	4	14	23	45	-11	41	W	W	D	W	W	1977-05-13	Southend United	A
18	0	Rochdale	45	8	7	7	30	22	5	5	13	18	34	-8	38	L	L	D	L	L	1977-05-14	Brentford	H
19	0	Scunthorpe United	45	11	5	6	30	22	2	5	16	17	49	-24	36	L	L	D	D	W	1977-05-14	Stockport County	H
20	0	Halifax Town	45	11	5	6	35	17	0	8	15	11	40	-11	35	L	D	D	L	D	1977-05-14	Southport	H
21	0	Newport County	43	9	6	6	29	21	2	4	16	8	37	-21	32	W	W	D	L	W	1977-05-10	Southend United	H
22	0	Hartlepool United	45	8	9	5	30	18	2	3	18	17	53	-24	32	W	L	L	L	D	1977-05-14	Barnsley	H
23	0	Southport	45	3	12	8	17	28	0	6	16	15	48	-44	24	L	L	L	D	L	1977-05-14	Halifax Town	A
24	0	Workington	44	3	7	12	23	41	1	4	17	18	59	-59	19	L	D	L	L	L	1977-05-14	Newport County	H